Montezuma Oropendola
Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the Panamanian Montezuma oropendola.
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Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the Panamanian Montezuma oropendola. In a clearing in the humid rainforest in Panama a tall tree appears to be draped in hanging baskets. These are the nests of a New World blackbird, Montezuma oropendola. The male produces an ecstatic bubbling liquid call as he displays to females, reaching a crescendo whilst bowing downwards from his perch, spreading his wings and raising his tail. They weave long tubular basket-like nests from plant fibres, which they suspend in clusters from tall trees. Colonies can contain up to one hundred and seventy nests, but more usually number about thirty.
Producer : Andrew Dawes
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Montezuma oropendola (Psarocolius montezuma)
Webpage image courtesy of Mary McDonald / naturepl.com.
© Mary McDonald / naturepl.com.
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